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Baby name
Olivia
Girl
Origin of the name
Olivia is linked to the Latin oliva, “olive.” Shakespeare gave it to a character of his comedy Twelfth Night.
Rising name
567,345births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 2014
Where babies named Olivia are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Olivia is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Olivia is most common in Nevada (2 times), New Hampshire (1.6) and Alaska (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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